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What is Bugzilla?
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Bugzilla is a free bug-tracking system that is developed by an active
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community of volunteers in the Mozilla community. You can install and
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use it without having to pay any license fee.
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Minimum requirements
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It can be installed on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and other Unix flavors.
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Bugzilla is written in Perl, meaning that Perl must be installed on your system.
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You will also need a web server as well as a DB server (see below).
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Installation & Upgrading
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The documentation to install, upgrade, configure and use Bugzilla can be found
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in different formats:
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* docs/en/html/Bugzilla-Guide.html (HTML version)
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* docs/en/txt/Bugzilla-Guide.txt (text version)
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* docs/en/pdf/Bugzilla-Guide.pdf (PDF version)
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If the documentation is missing, you can get it online by visiting
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http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/ from where you can select the documentation
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corresponding to the Bugzilla version you are installing.
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Bugzilla Quick Start Guide
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(or, how to get Bugzilla up and running in 10 steps)
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Christian Reis <kiko@async.com.br>
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This express installation guide is for "normal" Bugzilla installations,
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which means a Linux or Unix system on which Apache, Perl, MySQL or PostgreSQL
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and a Sendmail compatible MTA are available. For other configurations, please
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see the "Installing Bugzilla" section of the Bugzilla Guide in the docs/ directory.
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1. Decide from which URL and directory under your webserver root you
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will be serving the Bugzilla webpages.
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2. Unpack the distribution into the chosen directory (there is no copying or
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installation involved).
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3. Run ./checksetup.pl, look for unsolved requirements, and install them.
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You can run checksetup as many times as necessary to check if
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everything required has been installed.
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These will usually include assorted Perl modules, MySQL or PostgreSQL,
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and a MTA.
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After a successful dependency check, checksetup should complain that
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localconfig needs to be edited.
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4. Edit the localconfig file, in particular the $webservergroup and
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$db_* variables. In particular, $db_name and $db_user will define
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your database setup in step 5.
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5. Create a user permission for the name supplied as $db_user with
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read/write access to the database whose name is given by $db_name.
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If you are not familiar with MySQL permissions, it's a good idea to
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use the mysql_setpermission script that is installed with the MySQL
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distribution, and be sure to read Bugzilla Security - MySQL section
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in the Bugzilla Guide or PostgreSQL documentation.
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6. Run checksetup.pl once more; if all goes well, it should set up the
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Bugzilla database for you. If not, return to step 5.
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checksetup.pl should ask you, this time, for the administrator's
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email address and password. These will be used for the initial
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Bugzilla administrator account.
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7. Configure Apache (or install and configure, if you don't have it up
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yet) to point to the Bugzilla directory. You can choose between
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mod_cgi and mod_perl. The Bugzilla documentation has detailed information
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for both modes.
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8. Visit the URL you chose for Bugzilla. Your browser should display the
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default Bugzilla home page. You should then log in as the
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administrator by following the "Log in" link and supplying the
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account information you provided in step 6.
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9. Visit the "Parameters" page, as suggested by the page displayed to you.
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Set up the relevant parameters for your local setup.
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10. That's it. If anything unexpected comes up:
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- read the error message carefully,
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- backtrack through the steps above,
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- check the official installation guide.
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Support and installation questions should be directed to the
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support-bugzilla@lists.mozilla.org mailing list.
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Further support information is at http://www.bugzilla.org/support/
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